Stephanie W. Elkins (born 1963) is an American former competition

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who won a gold medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the

1978 World Aquatics Championships The 1978 World Aquatics Championships took place in the free city of West Berlin West Berlin (german: Berlin (West) or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin during the years of the Cold War. Although Wes ...

, setting a new world record. She won another gold medal in the same event at the

1979 Pan American Games The 1979 Pan American Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Panamericanos de 1979''), officially the VIII Pan American Games were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization, and were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 1 to July 15 ...

. She qualified for the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

, again in the 4×100-meter freestyle, but could not participate due to the

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of the Moscow Olympics led by the United States. Elkins attended Stanford University, and swam for the

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swimming and diving team in

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(NCAA) competition. She graduated from Stanford with a bachelor's degree in

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, and since 1985 worked in sale and leasing of office and R&D buildings. She was a vice president of

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. /she now works at Coldwell Banker Residential real estate teaming with Hugh Cornish in luxury properties in Atherton/Portola Valley/Woodside and Menlo Park

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1963 births Living people American female freestyle swimmers Stanford Cardinal women's swimmers Swimmers at the 1979 Pan American Games World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games {{US-swimming-bio-stub

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